So cruel

Locking me out

Lock me out for good

Let me die outside of your warmth

I will wilt, I will wither

You care not

You keep me from getting close

Am I pariah?

Am I unworthy?

Have I not a heart that beats

A soul that yearns

I knock but the door doesn’t make a sound

I scream but my voice is lost

Please, not this darkness where the lost weep and the broken grovel

Do not relegate me to these shadows

Open this door

Bade me welcome

This cruelty is perverse

This cruelty is fire and smoke

Burning, choking, gasping, toiling

The state of my well-being lay at your will

I beg thee, let me enter

Cease this evil act

This behavior has no name…

….no name but one

Cruelty, seeps from your silence

Written by Marcos Lopez 6/6/2021